Real-Time Age Detection Using a Convolutional Neural Network

Siphesihle Sithungu, Dustin Van der Haar

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Abstract

The problem of determining people’s age is a recurring theme in areas such as law enforcement, education and sports because age is often used to determine eligibility. The aim of current work is to make use of a lightweight machine learning model for automating the task of detecting people’s age. This paper presents a solution that makes use of a lightweight Convolutional Neural Network model, built according to a modification of the LeNet-5 architecture to perform age detection, for both males and females, in real-time. The UTK-Face Large Scale Face Dataset was used to train and test the performance of the model in terms of predicting age. To evaluate the model’s performance in real-time, Haar Cascades were used to detect faces from video feeds. The detected faces were fed to the model for it to make age predictions. Experimental results showed that age-detection can be performed in real-time. Although, the prediction accuracy of the model requires improvement.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBusiness Information Systems - 22nd International Conference, BIS 2019, Proceedings
EditorsWitold Abramowicz, Rafael Corchuelo
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages245-256
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783030204815
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Event22nd International Conference on Business Information Systems, BIS 2019 - Seville, Spain
Duration: 26 Jun 201928 Jun 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume354
ISSN (Print)1865-1348
ISSN (Electronic)1865-1356

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on Business Information Systems, BIS 2019
Country/TerritorySpain
CitySeville
Period26/06/1928/06/19

Keywords

  • Age detection
  • Computer vision
  • Convolutional Neural Network
  • Machine learning

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Management Information Systems
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Business and International Management
  • Information Systems
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Information Systems and Management

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